Overview

Outlines certificate concepts, types, and roles, and provides step-by-step procedures for generating, exporting, and installing certificates, including keystore management and integration with Cisco IoT FND and TPS Proxy.

Cisco IoT FND certificates

This topic explains how Cisco IoT FND uses digital certificates to ensure secure communication and device authentication, maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of data within Cisco IoT deployments.

Types of certificates

This topic explains the different types of certificates used in networking, including device certificates, web certificates, and CSMP certificates, and describes their roles in authentication and secure communication.

Role of certificates

This topic explains the role of certificates in enabling mutual authentication between Cisco routers and the Cisco Connected IoT FND. It describes the requirement for certificates signed by a common Certificate Authority to ensure secure communication.

Keystore

This topic explains the concept of a keystore, which stores device certificates, private keys, aliases, and issuer information for systems such as Cisco IoT FND or TPS proxy.

Generate and export certificates

This topic explains how to create certificate templates using Microsoft Certificate Authority (CA) to generate certificates for Cisco IoT FND and TPS proxy.

Install certificates on Cisco IoT FND and TPS proxy servers

Learn how to create and install the cgms_keystore file on both Cisco IoT FND and Cisco IoT FND TPS proxy servers using Keytool.